Black screen of death?

[Moohasha]

Hopefully someone else has had this problem and knows what's causing it. I'm running Windows 7 (duel booting with Ubuntu, but Win7 is the default), and almost 100% of the time now whenever I boot up I get the "Windows Loading" screen with the Windows logo, then it goes black. I can see my cursor, but that's it. I never get to the login screen. My mouse works (I can move the cursor), but it's just stuck there at that black screen.

The only thing that seems to fix it is rebooting and unplugging the USB receiver for my wireless mouse/keyboard before Windows starts to boot. This works every time, but leaving it plugged in seems to cause Windows to hang during the boot process. Odd, considering it's a Microsoft mouse and keyboard! Also, if I plug it directly into the back of my computer it boots just fine. I have it plugged into a 4-port USB hub on my desk rather than the back of my computer because the signal strength is better. When I plug it into the back of my computer, it periodically stops receiving input from the mouse and keyboard (odd considering it's RF. I guess other wires or the PS or something back there interferes with the signal).

My father-in-law had the same problem the other day with XP and I gave him the same solution (unplugging his wireless mouse) and it worked for him as well.

Anyone else ever run into this?

[Klaim]

I had similar problems with :

- bad drivers for my graphic card : I bought a graphic card that have lot of issues I didn't know and I had a hard time finding a driver that works, don't put black screens on windows as you describe and do allow hardware acceleration...
- some problems with a broken hard drive

[dark_sylinc]

I've had a similar problem once caused by a corrupted bootloader (BCD) shortly after installing Linux.
Windows 7 boot CD has an emergency rescue tool which solved the problem, then I configured LILO again for Dual Boot.

Your problem looks rather specific though.
Does it boot when the receiver is plugged in the back? Often the front USB ports are set to usb 1.0 while booting (and sometimes, they're not fully 2.0 ever). An electrical problem in the front USB ports could also explain it.
Try plugging the receiver into the back. If that fixes it, an USB extension cord isn't expensive.